WLSO Executive Board: 2016-2017

WLSO Executive Board Members: 2016-2017

Lizzy Williams | co-presidentwilliams.e@law.wlu.edu

Lizzy Williams is from Austin, Texas, and graduated from Smith College with a B.A. in History and a Certificate in International Relations. Before Law School, Lizzy taught English at three small high schools in rural Austria. After her first year of law school, Lizzy worked in Frankfurt, Germany at P+P Pöllath + Partners. After her second year of Law School, Lizzy worked as a Summer Associate at Sullivan and Cromwell, LLP, in New York City. In addition to serving as a Co-President of WLSO, Lizzy is actively involved on campus. During her third year of Law School, Lizzy is a member of the Criminal Justice Clinic. She is a Burks Scholar, and Lead Articles Editor for the German Law Journal. She has done research for several professors, however Lizzy has consistently been researching with Professor Todd Peppers. Lizzy also loves running, traveling, eating, equality, her two black cats, white wine and breakfast tacos.

Valerie Fulton | co-presidentfulton.v@law.wlu.edu

Valerie is a third-year law student from Greenville, South Carolina and a 2013 graduate of Wofford College with a degree in Spanish and History. She studied abroad in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil and Cordoba, Argentina and attended Middlebury College’s Portuguese Language School as an undergraduate. Valerie worked as a judicial intern for the Honorable Richard M. Gergel in the District of South Carolina her first summer, and is returning from her work as a summer associate at Motley Rice, also in Charleston. In addition to serving on the WLSO board, Valerie is Head of the Hearing Advisor program, a Lead Articles Editor for the Journal of< Civil Rights and Social Justice, and a student attorney in the Black Lung Clinic. Her favorite things include: her black & white mutt, Olive; trips to Trader Joe’s; ice-cold white wine; her main girl Hillary; equality; “coaching” LSFL; and Oreo Peanut Butter Blizzards.